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Monday, January 16, 2012
Sunday, January 15, 2012
Week 3 of Livefit...Almost.
Week 2 of Livefit is coming to an end and I have to say, I can stand to do better next week! My fitness was great, I upped weights on a lot of exercises, trying to push myself harder (and even worked out in the morning before work one day). But, my diet was really not so good. I wouldn't be surprised if I gained back the pound I lost last week. I blame it on not being prepared for the week like I should have been, a health procedure that was painful and I ate cookies after, and going out to eat. So, Week 3 starts tomorrow and I plan to be totally prepared. I've found a bunch of salad recipes to make ahead, plus I'll be making the turkey muffins again and the pumpkin protein bars.
Salad ideas:
Chicken Salad with Olive Vinaigrette
Tabbouleh with Chicken and Red Pepper
Spelt with White Beans and Artichokes
Black Bean Salad with Corn, Red Peppers, Avocado and Lime-Cilantro Vinaigrette
I'm also making these fruit rollups for a healthy sweet and plus I just want to see if it works!
I'm not sure if I mentioned it before, but the Livefit 12 weeks will end the week of my 31st birthday and I really would love to start my 31st year about 20 lbs. lighter! That's not going to happen if I keep repeating weeks like this one so, I need to stay on track. No more eating out and my husband might have to move out for the next 10 weeks because he is a BAD eating influence! He said he'd do this program with me, but that's a joke, he won't even stop eating crap in front of me and he forces me to eat at Applebees! I kinda hate Applebees, I'm pretty sure all the food is heated in the microwave. But anyway, no more eating out.
A little motivation:
Salad ideas:
Chicken Salad with Olive Vinaigrette
Tabbouleh with Chicken and Red Pepper
Spelt with White Beans and Artichokes
Black Bean Salad with Corn, Red Peppers, Avocado and Lime-Cilantro Vinaigrette
I'm also making these fruit rollups for a healthy sweet and plus I just want to see if it works!
I'm not sure if I mentioned it before, but the Livefit 12 weeks will end the week of my 31st birthday and I really would love to start my 31st year about 20 lbs. lighter! That's not going to happen if I keep repeating weeks like this one so, I need to stay on track. No more eating out and my husband might have to move out for the next 10 weeks because he is a BAD eating influence! He said he'd do this program with me, but that's a joke, he won't even stop eating crap in front of me and he forces me to eat at Applebees! I kinda hate Applebees, I'm pretty sure all the food is heated in the microwave. But anyway, no more eating out.
A little motivation:
Saturday, January 7, 2012
I'd like to fit into these pants!
I'm on Day 6 of the Jamie Eason LiveFit challenge and it's time to talk about specific goals I have. I have a few pairs of pants that I really want to wear, but I don't fit in.
These are the jeans I was wearing the day I moved into my house. I remember that by the end of the day they were literally falling down from all the sweating I did while moving stuff into the house on June 1 (gross, I know). It has been over 5 years and I can't get these jeans past my thighs now. I want them to fit again.
These are Michael Kors khakis I ordered from Hautelook awhile ago, I ordered them in the size I thought I was and yet they are too small. This might be because I've been refusing to buy a bigger size for about a year now. I have a number in my head that I refuse to go beyond because I'm afraid once I start, I won't stop. I would like to wear these. They were not cheap.
Now, some people like to tell me I've gained weight because I'm not 20 anymore, but that's just an excuse I think. I mean, there are 30 year old women still wearing a size 4! It's gotta be possible, right? Throughout high school and even college, I was tiny and ate whatever I wanted. Sure, I worked out, but that was just because I liked muscles, not to keep my waist small. Then, once I started working at a desk full-time and especially when I turned 25, the weight started coming. But, I thought I just had to workout a little and I'd be fine. I didn't change my eating habits at all. Big mistake. I'm not obese, but I'm certainly not where I'd like to be as far as my body goes. So it seems that I can no longer eat whatever I want and still look like I did at 20.
I'm not gonna lie, I love food. It pretty much is what my day revolves around. So, I'm never going to be able to cut all those things I love out of my life for good, but I am trying to learn to limit it. It's not that I don't like things that are good for you, I just also like things that are bad for you! I pretty much love all food. I like to eat. BUT, I also like those size 4 jeans! So it looks like I need to change the way I eat. And so far, I'm doing a pretty good job. I'm trying to keep it simple and doable, nothing too crazy. I do like the plan that Jamie uses in LiveFit because it's sort of just an outline, it's not crazy specific. I can handle that.
This is today's breakfast. It's not super strict, but there's no pork roll or potatoes on that plate, so it's an improvement! It's 2 egg whites and 2 whole eggs (I'm not afraid of the yolk) and half an Ezekial english muffin with Trader Joe's reduced sugar raspberry jam and a little butter. I also had a cup of Jamaican coffee with cream and sugar. I think once my half and half is gone, I just won't buy more. I'll have to use almond milk or fat free milk or nothing.
It's definitely a process and I'm leaning into it. I'm excited to see if I lost any weight when I weigh myself Monday morning! Depending on that, I might get stricter on the diet. Speaking of food, I need to go make a salad for lunch! And look up some vegetarian recipes for the week. I'm all for protein, but I also want to eat more vegetarian options and not just chicken, chicken, chicken, turkey, turkey, turkey!
Thursday, January 5, 2012
Live Fit Day 3
Just a quick post. Still on track. Except I kinda skipped dinner last night. My evening didn't really go as planned and I ended up not eating dinner. I drank a decaf Americano (sp?) instead. But, all my other meals/snacks were good! And I got the workout in. Leg curls and Barbell squats are kinda awkward, but I guess I'll get used to them! Am I the only one who thinks the workouts are short? I'm pretty much in and out of the gym in 30 minutes, is that wrong? Maybe Jamie just doesn't want us spending our lives in the gym? Whatever, if it gets me results, I'll do what she says!
My lunch
You can't see it, but there's kale, spinach, and lettuce in there too!
Tuesday, January 3, 2012
Day 2 Live Fit
Okay, so it might be safe to say that I'll be updating everyday about the Jamie Eason Live Fit challenge because it keeps me accountable!
Today, was back and biceps. Yesterday, was chest and triceps and I have to tell you that I was not expecting to even be sore today, let alone as sore as I was! I can only imagine what tomorrow is going to be like! The lifting isn't too difficult, most of the exercises I've done, but there are a few that are new to me. Don't tell anyone, but I actually did the lat pulldown behind my head for the first set, yeah I'm that girl. But, that was my only real snafu.
The food isn't so bad, I'm trying to keep it pretty doable, so today went like this:
Breakfast- 4 egg whites, 1 whole egg, half an Ezekial english muffin and like 4 strawberries.
10 am snack- protein shake with unsweetened almond milk.
Lunch- kale salad with cucumbers, baby sweet peppers, cherry tomatoes, carrots and grilled chicken.
Afternoon snack- a small piece of grilled chicken and a tiny jazz apple.
Dinner- some tuna protein pasta salad ala Julie's from GoLean, and a turkey muffin. Instead of mustard and relish in the pasta salad, I went with a tablespoon of greek yogurt and Newman's Own light caesar dressing! Oh, and red and yellow peppers chopped in the food processor.
Plus, water with lemon and some raspberry leaf tea to "nourish my uterus" we'll see how that goes! Oh, and I must admit I had a cup of coffee after work with a splash of half and half and one sugar, I'm trying to ween myself off the sugar first, then hopefully the half and half as well.
I also made more grilled chicken for tomorrow!
In other news, we might be going to Vegas in April! I'd say that's a pretty good motivator to get in bikini shape.
Today, was back and biceps. Yesterday, was chest and triceps and I have to tell you that I was not expecting to even be sore today, let alone as sore as I was! I can only imagine what tomorrow is going to be like! The lifting isn't too difficult, most of the exercises I've done, but there are a few that are new to me. Don't tell anyone, but I actually did the lat pulldown behind my head for the first set, yeah I'm that girl. But, that was my only real snafu.
The food isn't so bad, I'm trying to keep it pretty doable, so today went like this:
Breakfast- 4 egg whites, 1 whole egg, half an Ezekial english muffin and like 4 strawberries.
10 am snack- protein shake with unsweetened almond milk.
Lunch- kale salad with cucumbers, baby sweet peppers, cherry tomatoes, carrots and grilled chicken.
Dinner- some tuna protein pasta salad ala Julie's from GoLean, and a turkey muffin. Instead of mustard and relish in the pasta salad, I went with a tablespoon of greek yogurt and Newman's Own light caesar dressing! Oh, and red and yellow peppers chopped in the food processor.
I also made more grilled chicken for tomorrow!
In other news, we might be going to Vegas in April! I'd say that's a pretty good motivator to get in bikini shape.
Day 1 of Live Fit Complete
I just got done uploading my before photos to www.bodybuilding.com (and I won't be showing them here until there are after photos). They were awful and honestly, it's a wonder my husband is still married to me! Why didn't anyone tell me how bad it is?! Jeezzuss.
Today, was pretty much the worst day to start an exercise program, the gym was packed! I probably won't make it tomorrow (since it's already almost midnight) but I'd like to start going in the AM before work to avoid the crowd. Also because some of these workouts are new to me and require moving benches and stuff in the weight area and I'd like to not have 10 large men staring at me while I struggle. I had to modify two of the exercises, but I think the result was the same. The food part wasn't bad until my parents held me hostage at Ikea for 3 hours so I was starving and ate a grilled chicken salad at Chick fil a as soon as we left. I figured it was better than the Ikea hotdogs!
I have salad prepared for lunch tomorrow with grilled chicken and I'll be eating eggs with half an Ezekial english muffin as my starch and some strawberries for breakfast. A smaller piece of chicken for am snack and a protein shake for pm snack. I plan to make the pumpkin protein bars, but I have to order the Xylitol first.
I'm excited to see what I can do with my body in 12 weeks! I also plan to look at those before photos on my phone anytime I want to eat crap or not workout! Ugh.
Today, was pretty much the worst day to start an exercise program, the gym was packed! I probably won't make it tomorrow (since it's already almost midnight) but I'd like to start going in the AM before work to avoid the crowd. Also because some of these workouts are new to me and require moving benches and stuff in the weight area and I'd like to not have 10 large men staring at me while I struggle. I had to modify two of the exercises, but I think the result was the same. The food part wasn't bad until my parents held me hostage at Ikea for 3 hours so I was starving and ate a grilled chicken salad at Chick fil a as soon as we left. I figured it was better than the Ikea hotdogs!
I have salad prepared for lunch tomorrow with grilled chicken and I'll be eating eggs with half an Ezekial english muffin as my starch and some strawberries for breakfast. A smaller piece of chicken for am snack and a protein shake for pm snack. I plan to make the pumpkin protein bars, but I have to order the Xylitol first.
I'm excited to see what I can do with my body in 12 weeks! I also plan to look at those before photos on my phone anytime I want to eat crap or not workout! Ugh.
Sunday, January 1, 2012
Best Body Ever
I've been going back and forth on starting the Jamie Eason Live Fit program for awhile now, I was supposed to start the week of Thanksgiving but then the kidney stone I've had since college decided it wanted out. Then I needed time to recover and by that time it felt silly to start so close to Christmas when I knew I'd be baking (and eating) a ton. Then Bodybuilding.com announced their $100k 12 week challenge transformation competition and that sounded like pretty good incentive! Plus, I realized that if I started the program on Monday, Jan. 2, I'd finish the week of my 31st birthday! It would be pretty cool to turn 31 with a new body. I think I even talked my husband and sister into doing the program as well. My husband saw a magazine with Jamie Eason on the cover and suddenly he was willing to do the program, I think he thinks she's going to come to our house and train him personally!
Here are a few things to help me on my journey to a better body. My husband bought me a jacket to wear to the gym and put a new protein bar in my stocking, it's called Iron Girl, anyone tried it? I haven't tried it yet. My Momma bought me a Cuisinart immersion blender (in pink!) for smoothies. And between the two bags that I bought and one a friend bought me, I have 3 bags of oat flour for Jamie's protein bars. Plus, fitness magazines to give me tips and keep me motivated!
Here are a few things to help me on my journey to a better body. My husband bought me a jacket to wear to the gym and put a new protein bar in my stocking, it's called Iron Girl, anyone tried it? I haven't tried it yet. My Momma bought me a Cuisinart immersion blender (in pink!) for smoothies. And between the two bags that I bought and one a friend bought me, I have 3 bags of oat flour for Jamie's protein bars. Plus, fitness magazines to give me tips and keep me motivated!